11.1.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.2
शेषवद् वा प्रयोजनं प्रतिजनं प्रतिकर्म विभज्येत
śeṣavad vā prayojanaṃ pratijanaṃ pratikarma vibhajyeta
The line
A compound: the rest, what remains over, and vada (वद) or, a purpose, a compound: toward, against, and a person, toward, against, an action, vibhajyeta (विभज्येत).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 11. One performance serving many purposes, and when the acts stay separate. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: śeṣa-vada (शेष-वद) + vā (वा) + prayojanaṃ (प्रयोजनं) + prati-janaṃ (प्रति-जनं) + prati (प्रति) + karma (कर्म) + vibhajyeta (विभज्येत)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śeṣa-vada (शेष-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the rest, what remains over, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prayojanaṃ (प्रयोजनं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a purpose |
| prati-janaṃ (प्रति-जनं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: toward, against, and a person. Read it from the end |
| prati (प्रति) | indeclinable | toward, against |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| vibhajyeta (विभज्येत) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
śeṣa-vada (शेष-वद) is a compound: the rest, what remains over, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. prayojanaṃ (प्रयोजनं) is a purpose. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. prati-janaṃ (प्रति-जनं) is a compound: toward, against, and a person. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
prati (प्रति) is toward, against. It stands as indeclinable. karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. The line joins them as pratikarma. vibhajyeta (विभज्येत) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
prati-janaṃ (प्रति-जनं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as pratikarma.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śeṣa-vada (शेष-वद) and prayojanaṃ (प्रयोजनं).
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